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Joan Patterson, B.A, G.R.I., Realtor, License #01431647
Buyers, have you even toured homes that do not smell well at all and that is a total turn off when you are out looking at a home? Well, I know I have shown many homes in the Inland Empire and have watched my buyers expressions when we have entered into a home that smells bad and also is messy. How on earth do you think a home will sell if it does not even appeal to the buyer?
Sellers, do you know that you have 8 seconds to make up a buyer's mind if he or she even wants to come into your home any further? If they smell a bad, foul smell such as fish that had been fried the night before, cigarette smoke, cat litter, or any other smell that may be offensive, they will not even walk your entire home.
What I always tell my sellers is to try to have some good scents going on throughout the home. There are many great ways to make your home smell great. Of course, you cannot please everyone, but if you have a nice orange scent, or vanilla scent going on, it may make the buyer subconsciously think of something baking in the oven which in turn makes them feel that this could possibly be their home.
You not only have to appeal to the eyes, but the subconscious when selling a home...make the buyer fall in love with your home if you want it to sell. Step back and try to look at it without your "seller eyes" and get out your "buyer eyes." Would YOU buy your own home in the condition it's in?
Joan Patterson
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